The video went viral on social networks and was commented on by Internet users around the world: the images show a brownish geyser rising above the buildings of a residential area of Moscow. A spectacular and smelly leak coming from the sewers of the Russian capital, many accounts on X joked. After verification, it was work on a gas pipe. The video has been viewed millions of times and relayed by pro-Ukrainian accounts.
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The image is unusual to say the least: a column of a brown liquid vaporized under high pressure in the heart of a residential district on the outskirts of Moscow. The videos appeared late Monday morning, October 28, and immediately caught the attention of social media users.
In a few hours, the video went viral and a large number of accounts took the opportunity to ridicule Russian power or criticize the dilapidated infrastructure of the country, multiplying puns around this supposed “ shit fountain “, which could be translated as ” fountain of fecal matter » and more vulgar.
Using available and freely accessible tools like Yandexmaps, we managed to geolocate the site of the leak: in the Kommunarka district, south of Moscow, in the heart of the Novaya Zvezda residential complex. A complex still under construction, as evidenced by the presence of numerous cranes and construction huts.
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The Moscow branch of Gazprom discusses work planned for a long time. A petrochemical expert, contracted by RFI, leans towards a maintenance operation on a pipeline. “ It could be a pipe that has received water inside by accident (…) it is then necessary to proceed has drying using pressurized airhe specifies, residues of earth, or rust, would give this color to the geyser. »
In no case does it come from the sewers. “ Have you ever seen sewers filled under high pressure? ? », concludes an engineer on gas.
Several contributors with technical knowledge were surprised by comments reporting a massive leak that allegedly occurred on a sewer in the Russian capital.